Ottawa News Mixes Personal, Civic Happenings
Ottawa's daily notes cover William Cuertson leaving for Morristown to get a seeing eye dog and study training, with return planned in August, plus a fatal accident last month near McPherson and a recovering student. Weekend recreation events, Elks convention placement, and a clipping from Albuquerque Journal highlight local life.
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William Cuertson
McPherson
Richard O'Dell
Studley
Bill
New Features At County Fair At Franklin County Fair
Franklin County fair runs August 16 to 18 with new features this year. Livestock judging moves to Thursday evening in front of the bleachers at 7. Ottawa Saddle Club presents a free horse show Friday night. Saturday includes a horse pulling contest with admission 49 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. rides, exhibits, and 4-H livestock contests noted.
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Franklin County
Franklin
Ottawa Saddle Club
Court Grants Four Divorces
Four divorces were granted in district court yesterday. Delma Stewart from William Stewart cited extreme cruelty with $10 weekly child support and custody. Victor G. Church from Hazel Church, Carlos Pence from Kathleen Pence, and Rose Gumm from Harold Gumm, all cited gross neglect of duty. custody and assets awarded where specified.
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Delma Stewart
William Stewart
Victor G. Church
Hazel Church
Carlos Pence
Kathleen Pence
Rose Gumm
Harold Gumm
City Accepts Drainage Survey Report for Ottawa
Ottawa city officials accepted a drainage survey by A C Kirkwood Associates of Kansas City for long term improvements. The plan focuses on Skunk Run modernization into a reinforced concrete channel with culvert and cleaning work, plus extensive pipe upgrades and other remodels, total cost about 3 million dollars over years.
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Ottawa
A. C. Kirkwood
Skunk Run
Fresh dressed fryers Heney's Farm Market Ib
Fresh dressed fryers sold at Heney's Farm Market with emphasis on quality and fresh poultry offerings. Local shoppers can find dressed fryers available in small and bulk quantities at the rural market.
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Heney’s Farm
Charges Filed In Vandalism At Fruit Stand
Seven boys were picked up in connection with the vandalism of Guy Carpenter's fruit stand at 701 Olive. Two face destruction of property and grand larceny charges, another faces grand larceny alone, while four juveniles await action. Carpenter estimated stolen produce valued at 38 dollars.
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Guy Carpenter
Olive
Fine Prospect For County Corn Crop
Franklin county farmers report corn in unusually good condition with rain largely adequate for corn and soybeans. Chinch bug pressure remains a concern though cool damp weather could limit damage. A few farmers plan irrigation but recent rainfall reduced immediate needs. overall outlook remains favorable for a strong county corn crop.
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Franklin County
Don Brown
Jake Hieber
Lane
Ottawa
Hieber
Brown
Rockwood Drive Paving Approved in Ottawa
Ottawa officials approved paving Rockwood Drive in Rockwood Acres with 2 inch asphalt over a 6 inch rock base. Property owners will finance and hire engineers, coordinating with city engineer A. J. Jeffiris, while the city covers intersection work drainage and related costs.
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Ottawa
Rockwood Drive
Rockwood Acres
John Weidmann
Irvin Malott
Fifteenth Street
A. J. Jefferis
To Extension Planning Meet In Topeka For 1957
The East Kansas district Extension Service holds its annual planning conference in Topeka for the first three days of next week. Attending are Don Brown county agricultural agent Mary Dean Holle county home demonstration agent and Dick Jameson county 4 H agent. Home economics agricultural and 4 H agents from across the district meet with Extension Service specialists to plan the year 1957. The group will join a fried chicken supper Tuesday evening at Lake Shawnee.
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East Kansas
The
Extension Service
Topeka
Don Brown
Mary Dean Holle
Dick Jameson
Extension’ Service
Wichita Woman Killed In Crash Near Norwich Kansas
A 34 year old Wichita woman Mrs Wilma Swafford died when her car overturned on a curve on Highway K2 near Norwich Kansas early today. Her three children escaped injury. She was wife of Jack Swafford working on a Pittsburg construction job. The family had been visiting relatives in Anthony before the crash. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clint Hughes of Wichita. Body taken to Squires funeral home at Harper.
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Norwich
Kas
Wichita
Wilma Swafford
Here
Jack Swafford
Pittsburg
Swafford
Anthony
Clint Hughes
Squires Funeral Home
Harper
Williamsburg Jayhawker Days Amateur Contest Winners
Maurine Neal of Williamsburg won first place in the amateur contest with a baritone horn solo. Joe Binns finished second on clarinet, Mary Pickinpaugh took third on accordion, and a Williamsburg brass quartet including Loretta Anderson Janice Milliken Donita McMillan and Nancy Bethel placed fourth. A bond-issue booth with old class pictures highlights the event. The celebration features races contests and an evening parade at 7 p m with the Kansas Scenes or Characters theme. It ends tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurine Neal
Williamsburg
Joe Binns
Mary Pickinpaugh
Ottawa
Loretta Anderson
Janice Milliken
Donita McMillan
Nancy Bethel
Williamsburg High School
Kansas
Trial opens in Wellsville disturbance case
Testimony from six witnesses and defendants including Robert Miller of Ottawa opened in county court in the Floyd Moldenhauer incident at the Moldenhauer ranch on June 9. Miller and four other Wellsville youths face charges of disturbing the peace as jurors hear accounts of drinking, threats, and scuffling on the scene.
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Robert Miller
Ottawa
Floyd Moldenhauer
Wellsville
Miller
Moldenhauer
Wayne Leach
Jimmy McGaugh
Richard Moherman
Scott Moherman
Robert Bauman
James Chandler
Harold Tetwiler
Tom Trigg
Freeland West
al Yost
Albert Moldenhauer
Clarence
Floyd
Jay Brown
Clarence Moldenhauer
John B. Pierson
Dave Sturm
Moldenhauers
Pierson
Sturm
Kenneth Andrews
Anderson Hears From Bentley
Kansas Attorney General John Anderson said he received a letter from State Rep. Howard Bentley of Kinsley but would not disclose its contents until he answers it. Bentley, chair of the Legislative Investigating Committee struck down as unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court, recently charged that prison paroles have been sold in Kansas.
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Topeka
John Anderson
Howard Bentley
Kinsley
Bentley
Legislative Investigating Committee
State Supreme Court
Kansas
Weather forecast for today and Friday with storms possible
Fair to partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with scattered thunderstorms developing west this afternoon moving into the east tonight. Isolated storms Friday afternoon and evening. Highs mid to upper 90s, lows 60s northwest to low 70s southeast. Yesterday's high 93, low 65, record highs and lows noted. River stage and rainfall totals reported with minor overnight accumulation.
Rainfall Totals Near Inch and Storm Totals Across Kansas
Rain last night in Ottawa totaled .95 of an inch bringing July’s first 12 days rainfall to just over 2 inches. Temperatures climbed to 90 degrees at 1 pm with 93 recorded yesterday. East central Kansas reported varied rainfall with Paola 1.64 and Manhattan 1.23 inches among many readings. Thunderstorms were forecast for western areas this afternoon and eastern regions tonight, with last night bringing strong winds and a tornado east of Colby. Winds reached 63 mph in Topeka, trees and poles were damaged, and hail fell near Osawatomie.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Paola
Ft. Scott
Osage City
Tonganoxie
Lane
Wamega
Valley Falls
Garnett
Olathe
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Horton
Marysville
Colby
Topeka
Osawatomie
Dulles Warns of Disaster If Aid Cut Back
Secretary Dulles and Admiral Radford pleaded before the Senate Appropriations Committee to restore the full 4.014 billion foreign aid authorization. They warned House cuts to 3.6 billion could delay a new military program, jeopardize security, and weaken allied defense. Dulles pressed for the full authorized amount as he entered the hearing.
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Washington
Dulles
House
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Radford
Senate Moves Toward Early Adjournment Plan
Senate majority leader Johnson of Texas announced an adjournment schedule to start early and stay late, with meetings on Saturdays as part of the program.
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Washington
Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Eisenhower to Rejoin White House Duties After Gettysburg Meeting
President Eisenhower plans a five or six speech campaign upon recovery from his convalescence. Vice President Nixon will join him at Gettysburg for a briefing on Nixon’s world tour. GOP Chairman Leonard Hall released that the ticket remains Eisenhower and Nixon with Hall predicting a vigorous national campaign and a nomination in person at the San Francisco convention. Hall stated seven million dollars is budgeted for national and congressional races with expectations to regain House and Senate control.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Nixon
White House
Washington
James C. Hagerty
GOP
Leonard Hall
Hall
San Francisco
Hagerty
Dulles
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Consor
House
Senate
Isenhower
Improvement planned for police radio antenna upgrades
City commissioners heard that the Ottawa police radio antenna needs improvement. Dr. W. D. Bemmels from Ottawa University explained signal weakness affects police and highway patrol contacts with Topeka. Antenna may be moved atop a water tower for better strength.
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W. D. Bemmels
Ottawa University
State Highway Patrol
Topeka
Ottawa
Bemmels
Forest Park
Marie Dyer
Eleventh
Cherry Street
Tenth
Tenth Street
Cottonwood Street
June Stephenson
Library Board
Lucille Walker
Slayer Bows to Federal Prison Departure Delayed
James P. Taylor left Minneapolis for Leavenworth to begin a life term for the hatchet slaying of banker Kenneth Lindbergh. A nervous reaction delayed the trip a day after a seizure in transit. Taylor, once of Detroit, spoke little as he was escorted at 6 a.m. under sedative effects.
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ST. Paul
Minn
James P. Taylor
Leavenworth Federal Prison
Minnesota
Kenneth Lindbergh
Taylor
Minneapolis
Leavenworth
Detroit
Traffic Deaths in Topeka 1956 Update
Kansas traffic fatalities reported by the State Accident Records Section show 3 deaths in the last 24 hours and 317 to date in 1956, compared with 293 for the same period in 1955. Two deaths occurred previously but were not reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Lily Named For Sen Capper By Garnett Flower Fancier
Garnett daylily devotee Mrs C W Lacey known for breeding blooms was asked to name a seedling after late Senator Arthur Capper. She selected a yellow variety dubbed Midnight Sun with the name pending national society approval. Proceeds will boost the Capper restoration fund targeting 3000 dollars. the event includes a St Joseph chicken dinner, homemade ice cream, and a drawing.
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Lily
Sen. Capper
Garnett
C. W. Lacey
Arthur Capper
James Stevenson
Capper
Lacy
Kansas Pioneer Daylily Society
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Garfield and Field
Hawthorne
Lincoln
Ottawa Elks Lodge
Chicago
Tennessee
C. J. Pence
Jack Murphy
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Albuquerque Journal
Ottawa Herald
Alan Gatlin
Nathan Gatlin
Herald
Bailey
Lamb Ambulance
Anderson
Douglas Gleason
A. C. Richeson
Ivan Brown
Chanute
St. Joseph
Waverly
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